People v. Rader, ___ Cal.App.4th ___, ___, 2014 WL 3615811 (2d Dist. Jul. 23, 2014) (defendant may not be convicted of both counts 2 and 3 for the same petty theft on a single occasion from a restaurant, for using two counterfeit bills at the same time, since both counts involve a single offense"the petty theft from the restaurant: When a single theft occurs at the same time as part of one transaction, only one conviction may be returned.); citing People v. Bouzas, 53 Cal.3d 467, 469, 279 Cal.Rptr. 847, 807 P.2d 1076; People v. Witcher, 41 Cal.App.4th 223, 233, 48 Cal.Rptr.2d 421; People v. Nor Woods (1951) 37 Cal.2d 584, 586"587, 233 P.2d 897 (used car dealer improperly convicted of two grand theft counts, for taking a 1946 Ford and some cash in exchange for a 1949 Ford, and failing to deliver the new 1949 Ford or to return the 1946 Ford and the money to the victim: only a single theft occurred, so only one conviction was permissible).

 

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